XP(Home) won't let me run "Age of Empires"

Installed XP-home in January
Installed game, "Age of Empires" in January.
I could ONLY run the game as "Admin". On my user account, it would not run,
even when the user had full admin priviledges.

ALL WAS RUNNING FINE, until I tried installing the game,
"Mystery of the Nautilus", last week.
It installed OK, but hung after the opening screen, when I tried to start a
game. (tried several times, but hung every time at the same spot.)

After several more tries, I gave up and uninstalled that game.

Then noticed that "Age of Empires" won't run. I get the Windows screen,
saying "Age of Empires II has encountered a problem and needs to close.
Sorry...etc." The data for that error had the code: 0xc0000005.

I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling a couple of times, to no avail.
I've tried running it in "clean boot" process.
I've tried in "safe mode".
I've tested and proven OK, the CD and drive.
I tried to 'go back' to previous Restore Point, but the Restore won't allow
that, so IT'S not
right either. (I have had occasion to use Restore before, and it DID work.)
I've tried installing the game on a separate physical drive.

(the above tries, are from
http://www.support.microsoft.com/kb/258496#XSLTH3156121123120121120120 )

The "Age of Empires" is actually in two parts, the "Age of Empires II",
and the add-on/upgrade, "The Conquerors" expansion.
The former runs OK, but is gimped, compared to the latter, which won't run.

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"Trees" <ccw364@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:CzFqe.42033$wr.20349@clgrps12...
| Installed XP-home in January
| Installed game, "Age of Empires" in January.
| I could ONLY run the game as "Admin". On my user account, it would not run,
| even when the user had full admin priviledges.
|
| ALL WAS RUNNING FINE, until I tried installing the game,
| "Mystery of the Nautilus", last week.
| It installed OK, but hung after the opening screen, when I tried to start a
| game. (tried several times, but hung every time at the same spot.)
|
| After several more tries, I gave up and uninstalled that game.
|
| Then noticed that "Age of Empires" won't run. I get the Windows screen,
| saying "Age of Empires II has encountered a problem and needs to close.
| Sorry...etc." The data for that error had the code: 0xc0000005.
|
| I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling a couple of times, to no avail.
| I've tried running it in "clean boot" process.
| I've tried in "safe mode".
| I've tested and proven OK, the CD and drive.
| I tried to 'go back' to previous Restore Point, but the Restore won't allow
| that, so IT'S not
| right either. (I have had occasion to use Restore before, and it DID work.)
| I've tried installing the game on a separate physical drive.
|
| (the above tries, are from
| http://www.support.microsoft.com/kb/258496#XSLTH3156121123120121120120 )
|
| The "Age of Empires" is actually in two parts, the "Age of Empires II",
| and the add-on/upgrade, "The Conquerors" expansion.
| The former runs OK, but is gimped, compared to the latter, which won't run.
|
| My system is Athlon CPU, @ 1.53GHz, 512Meg memory, and Radeon VE video card
|
| Any ideas on what to try next?
|
|
|

Trees

07-09-2005, 10:41 PM

Thank you, Jimmy!
In desperation, I re-installed XP, and the game, and things seem to be back
to normal now.
I'll keep your advice, which I've printed out, and check out your website,
too.
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"Jimmy S." <nosp@m.pls> wrote in message
news:42ace1fc@usenet01.boi.hp.com...
> Hi Trees,
>
> The following applies to most games in general, and not just to the games
> that
> may be listed in the KB Article referred to in this post.
....

Jimmy S.

07-09-2005, 10:41 PM

Glad you're playing Ages again! :-)

Cheers,
Jimmy.

"Trees" <ccw364@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Kbqre.48549$wr.11216@clgrps12...
| Thank you, Jimmy!
| In desperation, I re-installed XP, and the game, and things seem to be back
| to normal now.
| I'll keep your advice, which I've printed out, and check out your website,
| too.
| ---
|
| "Jimmy S." <nosp@m.pls> wrote in message
| news:42ace1fc@usenet01.boi.hp.com...
| > Hi Trees,
| >
| > The following applies to most games in general, and not just to the games
| > that
| > may be listed in the KB Article referred to in this post.
| ...
|
|
|